diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 573463d1c799..f5d813c1304d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
 		phys_addr_t end = reg->base + reg->size;
 
-		if (reg->base <= vmlinux_end && vmlinux_end <= end) {
+		if (reg->base <= vmlinux_start && vmlinux_end <= end) {
 			mem_size = min(reg->size, (phys_addr_t)-PAGE_OFFSET);
 
 			/*